On 7th August 2016, UPSC had conducted preliminary exam for civil services aka CSAT.
16th September 2016, they’ve declared result= within 40 days. Seems a new record for UPSC!
Total ~15,500 candidates qualified for Mains-2016 against 1,079 final vacancies. (15,445 to be precise.)
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UPDATE: 10 Feb 2014: Central Government approved TWO Extra attempts. Click me for more
Old information below:
Prologue
Personnel Ministry on Anti-UPSC protests
Government did receive petitions
Minister’s reply in Rajya Sabha= We’ll change nothing
No new Committee about this
UPSC on Parliament protests for [...]